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Photos: Security Tightened in New York Amid Terror Threat

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are trying to take the latest reported terror threat in stride.
The report — which officials are describing as credible but unconfirmed — involves an al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York or Washington.
Security in New York, already heightened for the 9/11 anniversary, has been beefed up even more. Authorities are stopping vehicles at the 59th Street Bridge, which connects Manhattan to Queens, causing a major backup.
At Penn Station, transit police in helmets and bulletproof vests and carrying assault rifles are watching the crowds. National Guard troops in camouflaged fatigues are moving among the passengers, eyeing packages.
Roseanne Lee says her taxi was stopped twice at police checkpoints on its way from the Upper East Side to Penn Station. She says police looked in the windows, but didn’t question her or the driver. Lee says it doesn’t bother her — even though the 15-minute ride became a 35-minute one, and the fare was $21 instead of the usual $12. She says, “It’s better to be safe.”
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